Dave Neumann does a Ken Burns on masters track
Dr. Dave Neumann, an M45 sprinter living in Rhode Island, put together a love poem to masters track in the form of this 13-minute slide show with music and quotes. A member of the Boston-based MassVelocity Track Club, Dave used Windows Movie Maker to produce this neat show, which includes shots from indoor and outdoor nationals, and Penn and French indoor worlds. (At the end, note the shout-outs to Steve Vaitones, Gary Snyder, Larry Libow and others. Very classy.)
Masters Track and Field from dave on Vimeo.
More on Dave, who graciously put up with my usual interrogations:
I will turn 49 in two weeks. I am a radiologist (M.D.), born and raised in NYC and now live in Rhode Island with my wife and two daughters. I have been competing in Masters track since 2001 as a sprinter (60m to 400m). I’ve run at the Penn Relays in open and relay events many times (ran the Penn Masters 100m in 12.06 this past April).
The video was an idea I had in my head for a long time and since I’ve been struggling with a back injury for many months now, I had free time to do it. . . . I had never made a video before and it took many many hours of finding the photos (none taken by me), choosing the music, then using the software to make the music and photos “work together.â€
Many of the runners in the video are from MassVelocity. I am sure, in retrospect, had I put a shout out to masters runners around the country, I might have been inundated with photos. The video was too long for YouTube as it is!
Here is Dave in action:
We’re sorry it took a back injury to free Dave up to create this video, but it was a great use of recovery time! Best of luck, Dave, and thanks for the clip!
10 Responses
Great photos! Great commentary on Masters T&F. But what does Dave have against throwers. I only counted 2 or 3 photos of throwers. We need love too.
terrific video – and I will add my 2 cents – what does Dave have against middle distance runners and race walkers!! Just kidding – good to see so many nice photos of sprinters and jumpers – great job- inspiring – I may yet learn to sprint.
Wow! Thanks, Dave! –Bill
This is a great video of all ages and events, except throwers. I recognize a lot of runners that I know and have a lot of respect for. Thanks for making it
Dave, thank you for the excellent video. It was a moving experience watching it–excellent music choices too.Those of us that live for Track and Field could watch this several times and be inspired.Thanks again for reminding me why I love our sport so much.
Very Inspirational. Gggrrreeeaaattt!!!
Dave – your film serves as an inspiration to many of us as we endure age, injury and weather in pursuit of our love for masters track & field and the friendships that result therefrom. Dave, we all wish you a swift recovery and return.
Nice video if you are a runner. It just goes to show you all that us throwers are the unwanted step children of Track and Field.
wow…nice job…great music…it got my psyched up…best of luck to you as you heal . the good thing about being 49 is that before you know it, you’ll be 50….albert
excellent and very inspiring.
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